“I can wave!” I can wave my hand! I remember feeling excited about being able to wave again, shortly after I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and started taking medication. It may seem like a little thing, but for me it was a really big deal. I had that excited feeling again, eight years later, last…
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Parkinson’s is…
Parkinson’s is… Unwanted. Something I can’t escape from. Currently incurable. Degenerative. Relying on medication. A long term condition. A constant cycle of ups and downs. Struggling with everyday tasks. Constantly slowing me down. One of life’s challenges that I – and millions of others worldwide – have to face every day. No longer being able…
Life challenges, Parkinson’s and My Favourite Things
Sometimes life just seems to throw constant challenges at us. I imagine many people have had that feeling. I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s four and a half years ago. This means that not only do I have to deal with these constant life challenges, but the everyday challenges of living with Parkinson’s – and the…
525,600 moments in time flash by
Time can be a funny thing. It’s measured in units such as minutes and years. There are 525,600 minutes in a year. Sometimes it feels like each year passes by in a flash. And yet sometimes a minute feels like hours. Even though I’ve only been diagnosed with Parkinson’s for four and a half years,…
The power of pills
I’m grateful that for most of my life I’ve been relatively healthy. Because of this I rarely took medication so it wasn’t something I had given much thought to… until I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. The day I was diagnosed my consultant prescribed me medication straight away. I remember being really excited about the fact…
Slow down, you move too fast
I sing in an acapella choir and there are some songs where we have a tendency to speed up. If that happens we either all stay together and all speed up, or we stop listening to each other and sing at different timings which just doesn’t work! I’m learning that rushing ahead doesn’t always achieve…
Shining a spotlight on what’s important
Today is the first Sunday of Lent. For Christians worldwide, Lent – which began on Ash Wednesday – is a period of preparation for the most important part of the church’s year – Easter. People associate Lent with giving things up (chocolate for example), but it’s also a time for self-reflection. A time to think…
Hope and fear
None of us know what the future will bring. Sometimes the future seems exciting, sometimes it looks bleak. I have hopes and fears for the future like most people. I also have Parkinson’s – a progressive, neurological condition. I hope a cure will be found in my lifetime. I fear my condition will get worse…
Living with Parkinson’s – My reality
I’ve lived with knowing that I have Parkinson’s since October 2013. I’m now 40 years old. And I am lucky that up until I noticed my Parkinson’s symptoms, in late 2012, I had only experienced one major health issue in my life. I was in pretty good health for most of my life. It seems…
Living with Parkinson's 